28 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them,(A)
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(B)

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28 The wicked flee, but no one pursues,
    but the righteous is bold like a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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Those who reject the law praise the wicked,(A)
but those who keep the law battle against them.(B)

Evil men do not understand justice,(C)
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.(D)

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Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
    but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
Men of evil do not understand justice,
    but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:5 Or “everything”

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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10 The one who leads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,(A)
but the blameless will inherit what is good.(B)

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10 He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,
    into his pits he will fall.
    But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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18 The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong[a]
will suddenly fall.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Lit who is twisted regarding two ways

18 He who walks in integrity will be safe,
    but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one